ALAMOSA, Colorado, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Adams State University issued the following news: Adams State University is excited with the possibilities a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will have on current and future students. The inaugural, "From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program," will support student scholarships and paid internships over the five years. As Colorado's premier Hispanic Serving Institution, Adams more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The Alamo Colleges District issued the following news release: At a special meeting, the Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees approved the Alamo Colleges District's 2023-2024 operating budget of $503 million. This budget year is historic, as the State of Texas invested an additional $683 million into community colleges in Texas, and the Alamo Colleges received the largest increase of all 50 community colleges. In addition to the unprecedented inve more PR

ELMHURST, Illinois, July 20 (TNSfund) -- Elmhurst University issued the following news: Elmhurst University recently completed its most successful fundraising campaign in institutional history, raising more than $55.3 million to create and enhance opportunities for current and future Elmhurst students. After exceeding its $50 million goal this past fall, Elmhurst 150: The Campaign for Elmhurst University continued to gain philanthropic support from alumni, faculty and staff; parents and studen more PR

EMPORIA, Kansas, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Emporia State University issued the following news on July 18, 2023: The Sunderland Foundation of Kansas City has awarded $5 million toward Emporia State University's new Nursing + Student Wellness building, a project that is focused on meeting the critical needs for nurses in the region and Kansas. In addition to continuing ESU's 101-year legacy of excellence in nursing education, the new 32,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building will also serve the h more PR

STATESBORO, Georgia, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Georgia Southern University issued the following news release: Georgia Southern University's Institute for Health Logistics and Analytics (IHLA) and the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) have once again joined forces to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in confinement facilities across the state. DPH has awarded the IHLA a contract worth $10 million to complete a second year of work. "Throughout the pandemic, COVID-19 was a significant cause of ill more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Grand Valley received a four-year, $2.6 million federal grant to continue working with two health systems to prepare more nurse practitioners who have interest in primary care, working in rural or underserved areas or in mental health. The Kirkhof College of Nursing will work with McLaren Health Care and Trinity Health Muskegon to recruit and educate 37 nurses from disadvantaged or underrepresent more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University geographer is leading part of a multi-institutional study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense to examine the effects of climate change on agriculture in Africa and how that may tie into U.S. national security. The study is funded by a $3 million grant from the Defense Department's Minerva program, which supports cross-institutional projects related to national secu more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao and his team have won a 4-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to address critical questions surrounding the safety and efficacy of using gene editing to treat sickle cell disease. Because it is caused by a mutation in a single gene, sickle cell disease is a prime candidate for gene editing treatments using tools such as CRISPR-Cas9. "Sickle c more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a combined $4 million in grant funds to support the following Oklahoma State University Ag Research projects in animal and veterinary sciences. * * * Creating efficient forage users Dr. David Lalman, OSU professor and Extension specialist for beef cattle and Harrington Endowed Chair, and his team are focused  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: Palliative care is medical care that focuses on reducing suffering and improving quality of life for patients with serious illnesses, and a large new study aims to help determine how to best improve the efficacy and reach of this type of care in the hospital setting. A research team from the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center in the more PR

ALPINE, Texas, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Sul Ross State University issued the following news: The Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) at Sul Ross State University is pleased to announce the establishment of a new endowment fund that will support big game research into the future. John L. Nau, III, who lives in Houston, made a $400K gift to honor his daughter and son-in-law, Victoria and Parker Johnson. "This new Victoria and Parker Johnson Endowed Fellowship for Big Game Research will support a gr more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University issued the following news release: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate) received a $10M John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the work of its Translational Program of Health Disparities Research Training (TRANSPORT) focused on recruiting and training health equity researchers from underrepresented groups in the biomedical sciences.  more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The State University of New York's University at Albany issued the following news: The University at Albany has received a four-year $550,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support building a SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy Professor Meredith Weiss will serve as its initial director, while Michitake Aso, associate professor of history, will work among lead faculty from SUNY and CUNY schools. T more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors designated $4 million in ARPA funds to support research to prevent and treat diseases such as long COVID. The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies received a strong vote of support from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors with the June 28 approval of $4 million in funding for more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Researchers at the Population Health Outcomes and Pharmacoepidemiology Education and Research Center (P-HOPER Center) at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy are examining when older patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) should stop taking their medications. The work is funded by a $1.6 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, marking the new research center's fir more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 19 (TNSfund) -- The University of South Carolina issued the following news: As the fight against plastic pollution continues, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded USC a grant for $2.6 million for a three-year project to find plastic alternatives for coastal applications. * * * The breakdown * Accumulating plastics and polymer composites are putting coastal ecosystems in danger. * Researchers from the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory  more PR

VALPARAISO, Indiana, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Valparaiso University issued the following news release: Valparaiso University has been selected to receive a 3-year, $750,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to improve literacy instruction in Indiana. Lilly Endowment made the grant through its initiative, Advancing Science of Reading in Indiana (ASRI). The aim of the initiative is to enhance the use of evidence-based tools and methods to improve reading instruction for K-12 students in Indiana. This i more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 19 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $7 million, five-year funding award from PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) to compare two sedatives used to place breathing tubes in the emergency department (ED) or intensive care unit (ICU). To provide support with a breathing machine, doctors must place a breathing tube into a patient's mouth and throat, and they ar more PR